InZoioperates based on a karma system, meaning that the Zois under your supervision are responsible for maintaining positive interactions to produce a productive society. Kindness and generosity go a long way compared to violent acts and general bullying of other Zois. However, depending on how you want to play, it can be a lot more difficult than you think.

From your own direct interactions to the free will every Zoi has, we’ll break down the karma system so you have a better understanding of how it works. This way, you can manipulate the world of the Zois with ease and shape their city to your liking.

InZoi is in early access, so details are subject to change. As such, we’ll update our guides as needed.

What Is Karma?

Karma makes the world go round in InZoi. Every Zoi hasan individual trackerfor Karma, which rangesfrom terrible to great. Bad karma is accumulated bydisruptive actions, like threatening, heckling, and expressing angerat other Zois.

If youtreat others poorly,you’ll receive the same in kind. Zois will be wary of you,refuse to acknowledge you, or blatantly mock you on the street. A terrible karma score tells other Zois that you’renot an honorable or respectful member of society,which will greatly impact your opportunities.

If city-wide karma gets too low, you may have tomeet with the CEOoutside your Zoi’s world.

On the flip side,treating Zois with kindness and carewill make them like you more. The interactions you put into the Zoi’s world have more of an effect than just the direct correlation to relationships. As a whole,everything works togethersimilar to the butterfly effect.

You can tell whatkind of karma an interaction will havebased on thecolor icon next to it. Red is negative, purple is neutral, and blue is good!

How To Increase Karma

Increasing your karma is as simple as being kind to other Zois andgiving back to the community. Select the interactions tab whenselecting another Zoior your playable character to see what choices are available.

Blue interactions willincrease your karma, though it willtake a bit of timefor the effect to grow. It cantake several in-game daysto bring your karma score up.

In your settings, and canadjust how likely Zois are to engage in violent actsor how karma is handled to make things easier (or more challenging)!

Additionally, violence (even unintentionally) can cause issues with your karma. If you drive manually,running over pedestrians is frowned upon.you may also try tokeep your Zoi on the right side of the lawby not letting them steal valuables or commit acts of fraud online.

Byabstaining from immoral actions, you’ll have a much easier time building your karma. However, you canonly control one household at a time, and there’s a whole city full of Zois with their own issues to deal with. Managingcity-wide karmais much more time-consuming.

If a Zoi with terrible karma dies, they’llbecome a ghostuntil they can fix their karma and move on.

How To Intervene With A Zoi’s Karma

When a Zoi’skarma is dangerously low, you canintervene using the City Menuto manage the disruptive Zoi. Every 24 hours, you can select their profile andchoose to intervene,which will present them with anopportunity to increase their karma.

Whether or not they take it is another matter.

Scolding a Zoi can help set them back on the right path, but that’s not the only action you can take. When a Zoi hasincredibly high karma, they can benefit from your intervention. Choosing tointervene and compliment themwill give themrewards or profitable opportunitiesthat encourage their efforts.

Refrain fromintervening during 5:00AM and 6:00AM, as this is a special time for Zois. It’s unclear what the consequences will be, but your feline overlords wouldn’t express a warning for no reason.